Woodbridge Will Have Big-Time Cache At North-South Game

Woodbridge Township will be well represented in tonight’s 34th annual North-South All-Star Football Classic.

Colonia running back Greg Jones, Woodbridge receiver Anthony Nyers and J.F. Kennedy linebacker Mike Tenpenny will play for the North in the state’s oldest all-star contest for recently graduated seniors.

“It’s an honor for the school district to have players selected from three different teams and it shows the caliber of high school sports in Woodbridge Township,” said Woodbridge mayor John E. McCormac.

McCormac, who frequently provides color commentary of scholastic football games for the township’s local public access television network, has seen all three Woodbridge products in action.

The all-star game, which kicks off 7 p.m. at Kean University, features five other Greater Middlesex Conference players.

“To have three kids represent Woodbridge Township in an all-star game like this, I don’t know that it’s ever been done before,” J.F. Kennedy coach Rich Nyers said.

“It’s a credit not only to these kids as individuals, but to the three high schools in the township as a whole.”

Rich Nyers said Tenpenny, who will continue his career at Montclair State University, has been “sky high” ever since receiving an invite to the game.

The North-South’s alumni feature several players who went on to the NFL. They include Kareem McKenzie, Irving Fryer, Jim Jeffcoat, Dan Klecko, William Green, Ricky Proehl, Alonzo Spellman and L.J. Smith.

“It’s an honor to get picked to play in this game,” said Tenpenny, who looks forward to being teammates with Jones and Anthony Nyers.

“We always went against each other in Pop Warner and high school and now we are (teammates),” Tenpenny said. “It’s crazy how all three of us are representing Woodbridge Township.”

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Harry Frezza is a proud 1974 graduate of Bound Brook High School. He graduated from Rowan University. The Somerset County native is in his 35th year at the Courier News. He's the father of three children -- Thomas, 24, Nicole, 22 and Jamie Janeen 20. All are graduates of Nazareth Area High School (Pa.) home of the Blue Eagles.